Word: skimming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C-. (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D's. Consider C-a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...
Favorite cereal: I'm not a cereal fan per se--I hate breakfast. But if I have to name a cereal, it would be Honey Nut Cheerios mixed with Crispix, with skim milk and banana slices...
...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.g.'s., we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D's Consider C- a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...
...evoking a bygone era, the company's executives were busy pulling off "a crime of the 21st century," says Michael Dreiblatt, a top IRS official in Hartford. In short, a computer-software program was devised that enabled Leonard to reduce sales data on an item-by-item basis and skim $17 million in cash, mostly during the 1980s. Computer tapes that contained the real financial figures were destroyed, while the company's auditors were given the understated books. In order to divert even more money, Leonard began to require customers buying gift certificates to pay cash...
...Skim milk, anyone...